Volleyball final: Suhl volleyball players start the final with a clear victory

The volleyball players from VfB Suhl Lotto Thuringia surprisingly won the first game of the playoff final series for the German championship against Dresdner SC 3-0 (25:22, 25:22, 25:16). The cup winners have thus defended their home advantage in the “best of five” series and can fight for the first match point in the second game on Saturday in Dresden to win the championship title and thus the double.

The Supercup winner and fourth place in the preliminary round from Saxony went into the first Central German final duel clearly handicapped. Coach Alexander Waibl had to do without his injured captain and regular Libera Patricia Nestler and restructure his formation. Outside attacker Lorena Lorber Fijok took over the role of central receiving and defensive player for the national player, and Japanese Miku Akimoto came into action for the first time after a long injury break.

Right from the start, the guests from Dresden had a lot of trouble finding their rhythm and made numerous service errors. Nevertheless, they were able to keep things close in the first two sets against the usual strong attacking VfB women. In the third section they could no longer withstand the pressure of the Thuringian women, who seamlessly continued their strong performance from the semi-finals.

By Editor